A pair of tough competitions had the Powell High School swim and dive team in Cody and Lander over the weekend — defeating Worland and Cody in a triangular before heading to the Bruce Gresly Invite in Lander where the Panthers finished ninth as a team.

CODY TRIANGULAR

The week kicked off early on Thursday, heading to Cody to take part in a triangular against Worland and Cody where the Panthers defeated the Warriors 168-133 and the Broncs 160-140.

Overall the Panthers had four individual event winners, led by Rui Parker who won the 200 free (2:04.33) and the 100 free (53.48); Gabe Rose in the 200 IM (2:21.9) and Jon Hawley in diving (213.15).

Powell added three new qualifiers on the day, with Nathan Dupont earning qualifying marks in the 50 free (25.61) and the 100 fly (1:08.43); newcomer Adam Williams in the 50 free (25.52) and the 100 back (1:06.16) and Connor Mayes in the 100 fly (1:07.52).

Williams, a junior, made the transition over to the swimming program after starting the first month of the season with the PHS basketball team.

“When Adam was in middle school he swam the 100 back in a high school qualifying time,” coach Stephanie Warren said. “We knew he was always good at swimming but he wanted to try basketball.”

Warren said Williams continued to swim on his own outside of other sports and came in with a strong swimming background to make a quick transition.

The Panthers also had top three finishes from Kobus Diver in the 500 free (5:32.91) and Ashtin Prentiss in diving (179.6).

LANDER INVITE

After the triangular on Thursday, the Panthers made the trip down to Lander to take part in the Bruce Gresly Invite against nearly all of the 3A competition except Douglas and Newcastle — facing off with 3A alongside some 4A teams in attendance.

The top finisher for the Panthers was Parker in the 100 fly (57.60) who placed fifth overall.

At the meet the divers were able to take part in the first 11-dive meet of the season, but Warren felt it was not indicative of the Panthers abilities at 11 dives in a chaotic setting.

“I wish I could say that was an accurate picture of what it really looks like,” Warren said. “There’s more than 200 people walking around, one person trying to dive alongside whistles blowing and timers beeping.” 

Warren said that there were more than 200 swimmers at the meet, with divers competing simultaneously with the swimming events over the course of four hours.

Overall for the meet the Panthers had five top 10 finishes, with Williams, Parker, Diver and Rose being the four PHS swimmers to place in the top 10.

Lander ran away with the team competition, finishing with 291 points — 67 ahead of second place Buffalo.

SENIOR NIGHT

Powell hosts a meet for the final time this season on Tuesday (tonight), a triangular with Cody and Worland set to start at 5 p.m.

The night will feature a senior night celebration, sending off the Panthers before they head to the Gillette Invite, which serves as a pre-state meet on Friday and Saturday.

CODY TRIANGULAR

* Denotes state qualifying mark

Team scores: Powell 168, Worland 133; Cody 141, Worland 139; Powell 160, Cody 140

200 medley relay: 3. Adam Williams, Kobus Diver, Gabe Rose and Rui Parker 1:53.92; 4. Aidan Cannizzaro, Nathan Dupont, Nathan Fuller and Will Fuller 2:04.71; 6. Taggart Shumway, Ashtin Prentiss, Jon Hawley and Justin Hobbs 2:14.71

200 free: 1. Rui Parker 2:04.33*, 6. Trystan Preator 2:20.25, 9. Lukas Legler 2:32.67, 10. Nathan Fuller 2:38.66

200 IM: 1. Gabe Rose 2:21.9*, 4. David Polson 2:35.26, 5. Aidan Cannizzaro 2:38.46, 6. Will Fuller 2:40.18

50 free: 3. Cole Fauskee 24.85*, 5. Adam Williams 25.52*, 7. Nathan Dupont 25.61*, 9. Ashtin Prentiss 26.8, 10. Connor Mayes 28.41, 11. David Polson 28.84, 14. Korbyn Warren 31.53, 15. Lukas Legler 31.87, 16. Alex Watts 33.9

1-meter dive (six dives): 1. Jon Hawley 213.15*, 3. Ashtin Prentiss 179.6*, 5. Taggart Shumway 174.45*, 7. Justin Hobbs 137.2

100 fly: 4. Connor Mayes 1:07.52*, 5. Nathan Dupont 1:08.43*

100 free: 1. Rui Parker 53.48*, 8. Korbyn Warren 1:12.44, 9. Hunter Davis 1:15.76, 10. Alex Watts 1:18.88, 11. Branton Moore 1:19.9

500 free: 2. Kobus Diver 5:32.91*, 5. Trystan Preator 6:15.15, 6. Hugh Carpenter 6:24.23

200 free relay: 2. Adam Williams, Nathan Dupont, Cole Fauskee and Rui Parker 1:41.82; 4. Gabe Rose, Aidan Cannizzaro, David Polson and Ashtin Prentiss 1:46.73; 7. Nathan Fuller, Connor Mayes, Hunter Davis and Trystan Preator 2:03.71; 8. Taggart Shumway, Lukas Legler, Alex Watts and Korbyn Warren 2:08.04

100 back: 2. Adam Williams 1:06.16*, 4. Will Fuller 1:08.71, 5. Kobus Diver 1:12.36, 7. Jon Hawley 1:16.8, 8. Hunter Davis 1:21.21, 10. Branton Moore 1:29.91

100 breast: 4. Gabe Rose 1:14.28*, 6. Cole Fauskee 1:15.27, 10. Nathan Fuller 1:21.76, 12. Aidan Cannizzaro 1:23.96, 13. Hugh Carpenter 1:27.41

400 free relay: 3. Kobus Diver, Hugh Carpenter, Will Fuller and Cole Fauskee 4:15.13; 5. David Polson, Jon Hawley, Connor Mayes and Trystan Preator 4:34.15; 6. Korbyn Warren, Hunter Davis, Branton Moore and Justin Hobbs 5:11.55

LANDER INVITE

Team scores: 1. Lander 291, 2. Buffalo 224, 3. Green River 133, 4. Cody 118, 5. Rock Springs 110, 6. Riverton 82, 7. Cheyenne South 81, 8. Worland 66, 9. Powell 62, T10. Evanston 57, T10. Kemmerer 57, 12. Lyman 53, 13. Sublette County 28, 14. Jackson Hole 21, 15. Rawlins 12

200 medley relay: 6. Rui Parker, Kobus Diver, Gabe Rose and Adam Williams 1:50.73; 16. Aidan Cannizzaro, Nathan Dupont, Nathan Fuller and Will Fuller 2:01.58

200 free: 10. Gabe Rose 2:02.45*, 19. David Polson 2:11.64, 22. Hugh Carpenter 2:12.65

200 IM: 22. Hugh Carpenter 2:32.95, 26. Nathan Fuller 2:36.34

50 free: 10. Rui Parker 24.2*, 17. Cole Fauskee 24.8*, 22. Will Fuller 25.5*, 43. Trystan Preator 28.63, 48. Levi Hawley 29.73, 51. Korbyn Warren 30.39, 68. Alex Watts 34.76

1-meter diving (11 dives): 13. Jon Hawley 288.65*, 14. Ashtin Prentiss 283.2*, 17. Taggart Shumway 241.75, 19. Justin Hobbs 217.55

100 fly: 5. Rui Parker 57.6*, 8. Gabe Rose 1:00.43*, 19. Nathan Fuller 1:07.2*, 29. Connor Mayes 1:10.82

100 free: 16. Kobus Diver 56.65*, 20. Adam Williams 58.09, 48. Korbyn Warren 1:10.7, 53. Hunter Davis 1:14.83, 58. Branton Moore 1:17.77, 60. Alex Watts 1:18.88

500 free: 8. Kobus Diver 5:43.02*, 22. Trystan Preator 6:22.29

200 free relay: 8. Cole Fauskee, Nathan Dupont, Will Fuller and Rui Parker 1:40.87; 16. David Polson, Hugh Carpenter, Aidan Cannizzaro and Connor Mayes 1:49.44

100 back: 10. Adam Williams 1:03.3*, 13. Aidan Cannizzaro 1:05.15*, 20. Will Fuller 1:08.25, 26. Connor Mayes 1:12.94, 37. Lukas Legler 1:19.73, 43. Branton Moore 1:30.39

100 breast: 12. Cole Fauskee 1:12.84*, 26. Nathan Dupont 1:18.38, 37. David Polson 1:28.58, 41. Levi Hawley 1:31.05, 43. Hunter Davis 1:34.77, 45. Lukas Legler 1:46.32

400 free relay: 11. Adam Williams, Gabe Rose, Kobus Diver and Cole Fauskee 3:52.27; 18. Hugh Carpenter, Connor Mayes, David Polson and Nathan Fuller 4:15.92